Togetherness

[Paul S. Larudee]

JPIESIK wrote:
> 
>      I've got a good instructor/client with a 1917 Sohmer 5ft 7in grand and
>      a '70s Baldwin SD-10 in her studio. She always wants the two tuned to
>      each other for obvious reasons, but I keep telling her that the best I
>      can do is have them both at the same pitch, and beyond that, the
>      pianos are just too different to tune exactly to each other. Then I
>      started thinking, maybe there is a compromise, in between, that would
>      allow me to do this. Is this possible? How would I determine the
>      compromise? She's rather picky - would she be happy with the result?
>      Where does the line get drawn as to which pianos (style, make, model,
>      size, etc.) can be exactly tuned to each other? I use an SAT, and
>      maybe I could play around with the FAC numbers to reach the
>      compromise.
> 
>      Thanks in advance,
> 
>      John Piesik, RPT
>      Oceanside, CA
John,

Average them.  It's easy on an RCT because the program will do it for
you.  It may be a bit more cumbersome on a SAT, but it's just math.  If
you like, you can give greater weight to one piano than to the other.

Paul S. Larudee, RPT
Richmond, CA